Showing posts with label Random. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
SNOW DAY!
No school today, woohoo. I know I will completely waste the day doing nothing when I should be cleaning my room, but it's a freaking Snow Day. I figured I'd work on my music scrapbook some more, get things written up and typed so I can one day actually start making the pages.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Lots of Goodies
Just lots of randomness today...
I got my official substitute teaching ID badge yesterday! I am so excited, now I just have to go on to the website and enter my info and I will definitely call a couple of the schools I tutored at and had practicums/student taught at so I can work in those, though I am definitely willing to go just about anywhere.
Try these please please please, I really want to see what happens. I found it in Kate's blog, and we know how much I like to take random things from other blogs.:
http://kevan.org/johari?name=Sarahbear8301
The Johari Window
http://kevan.org/nohari?name=sarahbear8301
This is the Nohari window, most of you, if you have seen this at all, have probably seen the Johari window, but try them both please please pleeeeeeeease. Or else I will bug you until you do it.
I keep having these strange dreams that just don't make sense, which I talked about some early, like the baked bean throwing one at Office Depot, but here is another one I had last night: I was going to a womens basketball game, but not here at Devaney, it almost look like the gymnasium from Eastview High School, my high school's rival. I had a backpack on and I was meeting Adam and some of his friends at the game. I am not sure if we were in high school or not, but it felt like it. Adam's phone kept ringing throughout the whole game and it kept begin me so finally I told him to shut his phone off, which I may have said outloud in my sleep because Drake's phone rang this morning and his phone alarm was also going off at some point. Not so weird, you say? How about this: the person who kept calling Adam was Kenny G. I know, I know, now it's weird.
Most of you know I am not a highly religious person. I am completely in favor of everyone being entitled to their own religious beliefs and the key word there is 'acceptance', not 'tolerance'. I really do not like the word 'tolerance' because to me it sounds like when you tolerate something, you are just putting up with it, not necessarily accepting it. You don't have to accept other religions as your own, what you have to accept is the fact that not everyone will believe the same things that you do. Anyway, I have been know, now and then, to crack jokes about most religions, and even about Jesus himself, and for this I know I am probably going to Hell. But Teetz is going along to keep me company, so I am not too worried about it. But anyway, I stumbled across the blog of a former sorority sister and was highly offended by some of the things she was writing about God and Jesus. I know what you're probably thinking: If something about religion can offend Sarah, it must be pretty bad. I don't know, maybe I am over-reacting, but Teetz thought it was pretty bad too. This girl is writing about how Jesus is her Royal Husband and that she and Jesus are married (She even chose 'Married' in her Facebook profile and explained in it that she was married to Him, which I also am not sure you can do, but anyway...) Isn't that blasphemy? I thought only nuns were allowed to be 'married' and that was to the church, and this girl goes on and on, quoting scripture that she has twisted and warped in order to make it fit her definition and mold of Jesus being her husband. Then, she wrote this poem and called Jesus her lover and at that point I was like, wait a minute her missy...even Drake, who religion doesn't hold much interest for at this point, said it was disturbing, like her love for Jesus was almost carnal. It definitely is not very spiritual to me it seems. Am I just freaking out about nothing? I know I am one of the last people in the world who can judge anyone about anything religion-related, but come on! And all her blog is ever about it Jesus and all these poems she writes about Him and I don't know, I was just wondering what other people though. At first I wondered if she was doing some of this for show, kind of like a "Hey look at me and how good and wonderful and religious I am" but it is certainly something else now that I have read more from her. JohnRoss, please tell me what you think, though of course all comments about it are more than welcome. Maybe I am just over-reacting.
On a lighter note, I found out this past weekend that Adam is coming home on leave!!!!! I was very happy when I found out, and Mike is having a moving in party because, like Silas, he bought a house. He is in Omaha though, and that makes me kind of sad because it means both my guys are on opposite sides - Silas is in Grand Island, and now Mike is permanently in Omaha. At least when they had apartments and stuff, it gave me a teeny tiny glimmer of hope that either might move to Lincoln ( though the possibility was greater with Silas than with Mike). Anyway he will be home the week of Spring Break, which is kind of neat since his birthday is March 13th. The party at Mike's is on the 17th, and it is kind of a bummer because Drake will be home this weekend and we all know how much I hate driving to Omaha at any time, but ah well, Teetz will go with me he already said.
Speaking of Teetz: We watched Idol last night from Tuesday and Wednesday, wow, they all really sucked a lot except for maybe two of the girls and two of the guys. And the SVU he had from last week, I watched on Sunday on USA because suddenly USA got cool and now has a really fast turnaround rate for getting the new SVU episodes on right away, even from this season. It was hott. We might watch tonight to see who was voted off, I am supposed to call him after work. We also went to Wal-Mart and again called Tobin, something that seems like it is becoming a weekly thing. I once again begged her to come to Lincoln so the three of us can get really drunk and possibly arrested on O street. it will be so much fun!
Okay, time to clean my room and get all my sub info registered, don't forget to go to those links please and tell me what you really think of me. I promise I won't get mad!
I got my official substitute teaching ID badge yesterday! I am so excited, now I just have to go on to the website and enter my info and I will definitely call a couple of the schools I tutored at and had practicums/student taught at so I can work in those, though I am definitely willing to go just about anywhere.
Try these please please please, I really want to see what happens. I found it in Kate's blog, and we know how much I like to take random things from other blogs.:
http://kevan.org/johari?name=Sarahbear8301
The Johari Window
http://kevan.org/nohari?name=sarahbear8301
This is the Nohari window, most of you, if you have seen this at all, have probably seen the Johari window, but try them both please please pleeeeeeeease. Or else I will bug you until you do it.
I keep having these strange dreams that just don't make sense, which I talked about some early, like the baked bean throwing one at Office Depot, but here is another one I had last night: I was going to a womens basketball game, but not here at Devaney, it almost look like the gymnasium from Eastview High School, my high school's rival. I had a backpack on and I was meeting Adam and some of his friends at the game. I am not sure if we were in high school or not, but it felt like it. Adam's phone kept ringing throughout the whole game and it kept begin me so finally I told him to shut his phone off, which I may have said outloud in my sleep because Drake's phone rang this morning and his phone alarm was also going off at some point. Not so weird, you say? How about this: the person who kept calling Adam was Kenny G. I know, I know, now it's weird.
Most of you know I am not a highly religious person. I am completely in favor of everyone being entitled to their own religious beliefs and the key word there is 'acceptance', not 'tolerance'. I really do not like the word 'tolerance' because to me it sounds like when you tolerate something, you are just putting up with it, not necessarily accepting it. You don't have to accept other religions as your own, what you have to accept is the fact that not everyone will believe the same things that you do. Anyway, I have been know, now and then, to crack jokes about most religions, and even about Jesus himself, and for this I know I am probably going to Hell. But Teetz is going along to keep me company, so I am not too worried about it. But anyway, I stumbled across the blog of a former sorority sister and was highly offended by some of the things she was writing about God and Jesus. I know what you're probably thinking: If something about religion can offend Sarah, it must be pretty bad. I don't know, maybe I am over-reacting, but Teetz thought it was pretty bad too. This girl is writing about how Jesus is her Royal Husband and that she and Jesus are married (She even chose 'Married' in her Facebook profile and explained in it that she was married to Him, which I also am not sure you can do, but anyway...) Isn't that blasphemy? I thought only nuns were allowed to be 'married' and that was to the church, and this girl goes on and on, quoting scripture that she has twisted and warped in order to make it fit her definition and mold of Jesus being her husband. Then, she wrote this poem and called Jesus her lover and at that point I was like, wait a minute her missy...even Drake, who religion doesn't hold much interest for at this point, said it was disturbing, like her love for Jesus was almost carnal. It definitely is not very spiritual to me it seems. Am I just freaking out about nothing? I know I am one of the last people in the world who can judge anyone about anything religion-related, but come on! And all her blog is ever about it Jesus and all these poems she writes about Him and I don't know, I was just wondering what other people though. At first I wondered if she was doing some of this for show, kind of like a "Hey look at me and how good and wonderful and religious I am" but it is certainly something else now that I have read more from her. JohnRoss, please tell me what you think, though of course all comments about it are more than welcome. Maybe I am just over-reacting.
On a lighter note, I found out this past weekend that Adam is coming home on leave!!!!! I was very happy when I found out, and Mike is having a moving in party because, like Silas, he bought a house. He is in Omaha though, and that makes me kind of sad because it means both my guys are on opposite sides - Silas is in Grand Island, and now Mike is permanently in Omaha. At least when they had apartments and stuff, it gave me a teeny tiny glimmer of hope that either might move to Lincoln ( though the possibility was greater with Silas than with Mike). Anyway he will be home the week of Spring Break, which is kind of neat since his birthday is March 13th. The party at Mike's is on the 17th, and it is kind of a bummer because Drake will be home this weekend and we all know how much I hate driving to Omaha at any time, but ah well, Teetz will go with me he already said.
Speaking of Teetz: We watched Idol last night from Tuesday and Wednesday, wow, they all really sucked a lot except for maybe two of the girls and two of the guys. And the SVU he had from last week, I watched on Sunday on USA because suddenly USA got cool and now has a really fast turnaround rate for getting the new SVU episodes on right away, even from this season. It was hott. We might watch tonight to see who was voted off, I am supposed to call him after work. We also went to Wal-Mart and again called Tobin, something that seems like it is becoming a weekly thing. I once again begged her to come to Lincoln so the three of us can get really drunk and possibly arrested on O street. it will be so much fun!
Okay, time to clean my room and get all my sub info registered, don't forget to go to those links please and tell me what you really think of me. I promise I won't get mad!
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Copy and Print Center, Bitches
I never thought I would say this, but I am actually starting to like my job now! I started training in the Copy and Print Center this week and it is so hott. I love it so much more than stupid cashiering. I mean, cashiering is fine when I am working with people who make the time go by faster, but if we're super slow or super busy, it really sucks. There's not really a medium, ever. The CPC is a lot more stress because you're actually creating stuff for customers and they're relying on you, but still, overall it is fewer customers to deal, and the people are a lot smarter already there.
Other big jobish type news, I got a call from LPS today and my ID number and email address came in, so all I have to do is go down to the LPS main office, get my photo taken for my badge, sign a few forms, and I am officially a substitute for Lincoln Public Schools! Last night I was at this scrapbooking store (where I also applied for a job because I obviously won't be able to sub in the summer) and one of the women who works there is also a teacher at one of the parochial schools here in Lincoln, and she wasn't sure how to get on the sub list for that, since it is separate from LPS of course, but she would let me know. Also, she said they were going to need a Kindergarten teacher at the end of April because one of the teachers would be on maternity leave! How awesome is that! It wouldn't be incredibly long-term, since schools here get out sometime between the middle and end of May, but still, it would be such a great experience. The pay is less in the parochial school system, which sucks because LPS pays their teachers shit to begin with anyway, but the parent involvement is so much greater. I am so excited, but either way, I have to head to the LPS office now and sign all my forms and get all my cool new substitute teacher stuff, woohoo for me!
Not much else going on aside from that, probably watching SVU with Teetz tonight because that's what we do. It would work better on Tuesdays but nooooo, he had to go to Omaha and sit at an AMS meeting for a couple hours. I told him I'd go with and sit in the corner and work on my scrapbook and he said I'd be a distraction because they don't see pretty girls very often, so I stayed in Lincoln. And here I thought only engineering majors and computer science majors never see pretty girls, but poor meteorology majors don't either.
Anyway, that'd all for now, I really have to get to the LPS office, because they only do pictures for your name badge certain hours during the day and I think they stop soon.
Peace out motherfuckers.
Wow, I haven't said that in a really long time.
Maybe I will start again.
Other big jobish type news, I got a call from LPS today and my ID number and email address came in, so all I have to do is go down to the LPS main office, get my photo taken for my badge, sign a few forms, and I am officially a substitute for Lincoln Public Schools! Last night I was at this scrapbooking store (where I also applied for a job because I obviously won't be able to sub in the summer) and one of the women who works there is also a teacher at one of the parochial schools here in Lincoln, and she wasn't sure how to get on the sub list for that, since it is separate from LPS of course, but she would let me know. Also, she said they were going to need a Kindergarten teacher at the end of April because one of the teachers would be on maternity leave! How awesome is that! It wouldn't be incredibly long-term, since schools here get out sometime between the middle and end of May, but still, it would be such a great experience. The pay is less in the parochial school system, which sucks because LPS pays their teachers shit to begin with anyway, but the parent involvement is so much greater. I am so excited, but either way, I have to head to the LPS office now and sign all my forms and get all my cool new substitute teacher stuff, woohoo for me!
Not much else going on aside from that, probably watching SVU with Teetz tonight because that's what we do. It would work better on Tuesdays but nooooo, he had to go to Omaha and sit at an AMS meeting for a couple hours. I told him I'd go with and sit in the corner and work on my scrapbook and he said I'd be a distraction because they don't see pretty girls very often, so I stayed in Lincoln. And here I thought only engineering majors and computer science majors never see pretty girls, but poor meteorology majors don't either.
Anyway, that'd all for now, I really have to get to the LPS office, because they only do pictures for your name badge certain hours during the day and I think they stop soon.
Peace out motherfuckers.
Wow, I haven't said that in a really long time.
Maybe I will start again.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
More Rambling
I can't sleep. It is Friday, I am by myself in my apartment for reasons not my own, I am a little annoyed, but then I signed on to Yahoo and found messages from Adam from a week ago. That made me feel better. He was just saying hi and that he got my birthday pictures I sent him from when everyone was together on that Friday. At first I wasn't sure if I should send them or not because I didn't want him to feel left out but I also didn't want it to be like, Ha ha look what you missed, because three of his good friends were there (Silas, Mike and JD - and actually JD is his cousin, but anyway). Yeah, that's all I got for that.
My room is still a mess. However, it is not entirely my fault, as there are technically two people living in this room, and four people in the apartment, even though only three of us signed the lease. I don't mind Drake's stuff being here at all, he is my boyfriend and I love him dearly, but my room just gets messier faster when there are two of us throwing stuff on the floor or on the bookshelf, etc. I need a bigger room.
I really need to decide what I am doing this summer. I am seriously considering going back to Minnesota just so I don't have to pay rent anymore. I don't know. We'll see. I don't know where I would put any of my stuff, that is pretty much the only thing keeping me from moving home at all - my STUFF.
A few nights ago Teetz and I were going to Wal-Mart and he has the James Blunt cd and he played me a song that made me BAWL. But I love it.
"Goodbye My Lover"
James Blunt
Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.
It is a very pretty song. I kinda like James Blunt, but sometimes I think he is trying to be Gavin, or at least be like Gavin, and it bugs me. NO ONE is better than Gavin and no one is better at being Gavin. Duh, that's a silly statement.
I think for my wedding - though I really should start saying "our" because "my" is so possessive of me, and it would be Drake's too, not just mine - I really want purple and silver and black to be the colors, though I am sure this will change many times and even Drake said I would change my mind most likely by the time this day actually comes. But I found the most gorgeous wedding dress - also in purple! I am not sure I would want to get married in anything but a white dress, but who knows, this purple one is so beautiful. Good thing I have a while to decide.
My room is still a mess. However, it is not entirely my fault, as there are technically two people living in this room, and four people in the apartment, even though only three of us signed the lease. I don't mind Drake's stuff being here at all, he is my boyfriend and I love him dearly, but my room just gets messier faster when there are two of us throwing stuff on the floor or on the bookshelf, etc. I need a bigger room.
I really need to decide what I am doing this summer. I am seriously considering going back to Minnesota just so I don't have to pay rent anymore. I don't know. We'll see. I don't know where I would put any of my stuff, that is pretty much the only thing keeping me from moving home at all - my STUFF.
A few nights ago Teetz and I were going to Wal-Mart and he has the James Blunt cd and he played me a song that made me BAWL. But I love it.
"Goodbye My Lover"
James Blunt
Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.
It is a very pretty song. I kinda like James Blunt, but sometimes I think he is trying to be Gavin, or at least be like Gavin, and it bugs me. NO ONE is better than Gavin and no one is better at being Gavin. Duh, that's a silly statement.
I think for my wedding - though I really should start saying "our" because "my" is so possessive of me, and it would be Drake's too, not just mine - I really want purple and silver and black to be the colors, though I am sure this will change many times and even Drake said I would change my mind most likely by the time this day actually comes. But I found the most gorgeous wedding dress - also in purple! I am not sure I would want to get married in anything but a white dress, but who knows, this purple one is so beautiful. Good thing I have a while to decide.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Ramblings
It's not even midnight and I am pretty tired, that's part of the being sick thing though. This is going to be random so deal with it.
Sometimes I don't think people realize how deep my trust issues run. It's not something I can control and I can't help when I feel the way I do or freak out about things. Right now that is how I am programmed and it just happens. I need reassurance that things are okay and that I am loved - not all the time, just sometimes. There are times when I read to much into one thing or another, but I just think that people need to be a little more considerate sometimes and while they make think they're words/actions are saying one thing, to me they are saying something completely different, thus the worry. I don't like worrying about stuff, but I also don't like not knowing what is going on. I also don't like waiting on people.
Sometimes I want to chop off all my hair just to freak people out. I think I'd die though, because I love my hair so much. You'd love your hair so much too if yours looked as good as mine.
I don't have a lot of girl friends because girls are dramatic and stupid, as illustrated tonight when I shared the Crazy Rachel story with my roommate Bryan. He had to hear the story in order to differentiate between Crazy Rachel, Crazy Jessika, and Crazy Jenny. I do however, have four of the best girl friends in the world (and that's pretty much my limit, four), thus they are the ones who are going to be in my wedding.
The new people moved in upstairs smoke a lot of pot. Bryan and I were sitting in his room and could smell it soooo strongly. Now they are in the stairwell right above my bedroom, giggling. I hate when guys giggle. Laugh like a man, damnit. And now I smell weed again. Gross. I don't think anyone is home upstairs, because these guys are just sitting in the stairwell throwing stuff at the door upstairs, I think they're waiting for the people who live there to come home. They're really starting to piss me off.
I started watching Friends again, and am on season six. I love this show. Almost as much as I love Buffy, which I also have to watch again.
I have also decided that once again I need to lose weight. People argue with me on this one a lot, but I don't like hearing, "But you're a healthy weight" - by this I mean, when someone says "You're healthy" they really mean you have some meat on your bones, thus you are fat. I will still be healthy, I just won't be flabby. Gross.
Do what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it. Please.
Sometimes I don't think people realize how deep my trust issues run. It's not something I can control and I can't help when I feel the way I do or freak out about things. Right now that is how I am programmed and it just happens. I need reassurance that things are okay and that I am loved - not all the time, just sometimes. There are times when I read to much into one thing or another, but I just think that people need to be a little more considerate sometimes and while they make think they're words/actions are saying one thing, to me they are saying something completely different, thus the worry. I don't like worrying about stuff, but I also don't like not knowing what is going on. I also don't like waiting on people.
Sometimes I want to chop off all my hair just to freak people out. I think I'd die though, because I love my hair so much. You'd love your hair so much too if yours looked as good as mine.
I don't have a lot of girl friends because girls are dramatic and stupid, as illustrated tonight when I shared the Crazy Rachel story with my roommate Bryan. He had to hear the story in order to differentiate between Crazy Rachel, Crazy Jessika, and Crazy Jenny. I do however, have four of the best girl friends in the world (and that's pretty much my limit, four), thus they are the ones who are going to be in my wedding.
The new people moved in upstairs smoke a lot of pot. Bryan and I were sitting in his room and could smell it soooo strongly. Now they are in the stairwell right above my bedroom, giggling. I hate when guys giggle. Laugh like a man, damnit. And now I smell weed again. Gross. I don't think anyone is home upstairs, because these guys are just sitting in the stairwell throwing stuff at the door upstairs, I think they're waiting for the people who live there to come home. They're really starting to piss me off.
I started watching Friends again, and am on season six. I love this show. Almost as much as I love Buffy, which I also have to watch again.
I have also decided that once again I need to lose weight. People argue with me on this one a lot, but I don't like hearing, "But you're a healthy weight" - by this I mean, when someone says "You're healthy" they really mean you have some meat on your bones, thus you are fat. I will still be healthy, I just won't be flabby. Gross.
Do what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it. Please.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Top 10 Teen Slasher Movies
(Drake's computer = no spell checker)
I found this nifty little top ten list on MSN the other day and thought I'd share it with you, since most of you know how much I love scary movies, while at the same time I have to watch with one hand over my eyes, or someone who has already seen it and can tell me when to not look. Here is MSN's list, and what I think:
10. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
I have not ever actually seen this one so I can't really comment, but I hopefully be able to after tomorrow :)
9. Scream (1996)
I love this movie, and actually liked its sequals too, though the article kind of bashes them a little bit. I thought it was a good update on the genre, but how can you not like a movie Wes Craven works on, the man is one of the kings of scary movies. Granted, it took from movies that came before it in this genre, but Randy actually verbalizing the rules toward the end before the bloodbath started was classic.
8. Friday the 13th (1980)
I haven't seen this whole movie. I was really young when I saw part of it by accident when I was flipping through channels when I was like, 8, and Momma quickly changed the channel. I just never saw it again and I am not really sure why.
7. April Fool's Day (1986)
Haven't seen yet.
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Freddy Krueger is pretty damn scary, but overall, this movie never made me scared to fall asleep. I didn't like the way or the fact that Johnny Depp got killed however. And, gross. So much blood. But I guess that's part of what makes it a slasher/horror movie, right?
5. Cabin Fever (2002)
Haven't seen yet.
4. Black Christmas (1974)
Haven't seen yet.
3. The Funhouse (1981)
Haven't seen yet.
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
I have not actually seen the original, though I have the remake and I like it, but I have to be in a certain mood to want to watch it, plus it usually has to be day light out and people have to be in the house with me. I think this has something to do with the fact that I refer to the basement in my apartment as the 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre basement'. Swear to God, if you have not seen the stairscase that leads downstairs from our kitchen, all you have to do is watch the opening scenes from the remake when the cops are doing the walk-through, and you will see that is what my basement currently looks like.
1. Halloween (1978)
Michael Myers is the biggest badass of the horror movie genre in my opinion. Drake and I go back and forth about who would win between Freddy and Jason and Michael. I maintain hands down that Michael would win. He scares the shit out of me. I think what is scariest about him for me is that, in the original anyway, he wasn't dead. Here is this fucked up little kid who murders his sister when he is 8 years old, and he spends the next 15 years of his life in a nuthouse until he escapes. He was alive before he started killing people, unlike Freddy and Jason. And Jason's mother was the original killer anyway, and Freddy was dead when he started coming back in the dreams. I guess it almost seems like that one could actually happen for real (though very unlikely), whereas Jason and Freddy started killing people after they'd already died.
With the ones I haven't seen, tomorrow Drake and I might go rent them, because he has seen all of them, and that way I'll have someone to help me get through the 'icky' parts. People always ask why I like scary movies so much when they freak me out nearly to death, but that's part of the appeal I guess - I have an overactive imagination, just ask Britt and Teetz
I found this nifty little top ten list on MSN the other day and thought I'd share it with you, since most of you know how much I love scary movies, while at the same time I have to watch with one hand over my eyes, or someone who has already seen it and can tell me when to not look. Here is MSN's list, and what I think:
10. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
I have not ever actually seen this one so I can't really comment, but I hopefully be able to after tomorrow :)
9. Scream (1996)
I love this movie, and actually liked its sequals too, though the article kind of bashes them a little bit. I thought it was a good update on the genre, but how can you not like a movie Wes Craven works on, the man is one of the kings of scary movies. Granted, it took from movies that came before it in this genre, but Randy actually verbalizing the rules toward the end before the bloodbath started was classic.
8. Friday the 13th (1980)
I haven't seen this whole movie. I was really young when I saw part of it by accident when I was flipping through channels when I was like, 8, and Momma quickly changed the channel. I just never saw it again and I am not really sure why.
7. April Fool's Day (1986)
Haven't seen yet.
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Freddy Krueger is pretty damn scary, but overall, this movie never made me scared to fall asleep. I didn't like the way or the fact that Johnny Depp got killed however. And, gross. So much blood. But I guess that's part of what makes it a slasher/horror movie, right?
5. Cabin Fever (2002)
Haven't seen yet.
4. Black Christmas (1974)
Haven't seen yet.
3. The Funhouse (1981)
Haven't seen yet.
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
I have not actually seen the original, though I have the remake and I like it, but I have to be in a certain mood to want to watch it, plus it usually has to be day light out and people have to be in the house with me. I think this has something to do with the fact that I refer to the basement in my apartment as the 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre basement'. Swear to God, if you have not seen the stairscase that leads downstairs from our kitchen, all you have to do is watch the opening scenes from the remake when the cops are doing the walk-through, and you will see that is what my basement currently looks like.
1. Halloween (1978)
Michael Myers is the biggest badass of the horror movie genre in my opinion. Drake and I go back and forth about who would win between Freddy and Jason and Michael. I maintain hands down that Michael would win. He scares the shit out of me. I think what is scariest about him for me is that, in the original anyway, he wasn't dead. Here is this fucked up little kid who murders his sister when he is 8 years old, and he spends the next 15 years of his life in a nuthouse until he escapes. He was alive before he started killing people, unlike Freddy and Jason. And Jason's mother was the original killer anyway, and Freddy was dead when he started coming back in the dreams. I guess it almost seems like that one could actually happen for real (though very unlikely), whereas Jason and Freddy started killing people after they'd already died.
With the ones I haven't seen, tomorrow Drake and I might go rent them, because he has seen all of them, and that way I'll have someone to help me get through the 'icky' parts. People always ask why I like scary movies so much when they freak me out nearly to death, but that's part of the appeal I guess - I have an overactive imagination, just ask Britt and Teetz
Friday, February 03, 2006
Damn Blogspot
(Drake's computer = no spell checker)
I had this post I had done about the issue of abortion, yes I was doing a serious post for once in my life. However, Blogspot, in all its wonder and glory, decided that when I hit 'publish post', it was going to say, 'this page is unavailable'. I was so pissed. Basically, in a nutshell now, this is what I have to say: overturning Roe vs Wade is something that scares the hell out of me. Not because it is something I think I could or would ever need/have to do, but because no crusty old man halfway across the country has any right whatsoever to tell me or any woman what we can and can not do with our bodies. My body is my own personal property and if I were ever in the situation where I would have to make a decision about it, I don't know what I would do, but I do know that it a decision up to me and me alone, not some old men on the Supreme Court who don't know me and never will. Did you know that roughly a year or so ago when this was being discussed so heavily again in the courts, that a law was being pushed through that didn't have any provision whatsoever allowing abortion for victims of rape, and women who would likely die from complications if she were to give birth. That just boggles my mind. I can't believe that and if you are not upset about this issue one way or another, then you just aren't paying attention.
My post was much longer than this originally and much better thought out and was a better quality of writing, but alas, apparently Blogspot is pro-life and didn't want me to post. (I'm kind of kidding about this, though it does seem strange that of the three posts I have ever lost, two have been about religion and one has been about abortion). If you want a better, well-written and blunt argument, definitely go read Tobin's post about this topic, and Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Something else that spurred this post was something I stumbled across on Facebook. There is actually a group called "Your Mom is Pro-Life". I don't have words for that. Just, wow. That's still all I can say, even a few hours later. Wow.
On a completely unrelated and lighter note, here is something I was thinking about at work last night: If I was going to make counterfeit bills, I wouldn't be stupid and make 1000 dollar bills and 5000 dollar bills. That's stupid. I would make 10s and 20s, because everyone always has those and it doesn't look suspicious if you go into a bank and deposit a few 20s at a time. Also, there is this nifty little marker that we sell/use at work that we use to check all the 100 and 50 dollar bills we receive. You mark the bill and if the place you marked it turns dark brown or black, it is fake, but if it is a light brown or tan, then it is real - until counterfeiters figure out a way around that of course. But seriously, wouldn't it just be smarter to make small bills? I don't know, I guess that is why I don't make fake money.
I had this post I had done about the issue of abortion, yes I was doing a serious post for once in my life. However, Blogspot, in all its wonder and glory, decided that when I hit 'publish post', it was going to say, 'this page is unavailable'. I was so pissed. Basically, in a nutshell now, this is what I have to say: overturning Roe vs Wade is something that scares the hell out of me. Not because it is something I think I could or would ever need/have to do, but because no crusty old man halfway across the country has any right whatsoever to tell me or any woman what we can and can not do with our bodies. My body is my own personal property and if I were ever in the situation where I would have to make a decision about it, I don't know what I would do, but I do know that it a decision up to me and me alone, not some old men on the Supreme Court who don't know me and never will. Did you know that roughly a year or so ago when this was being discussed so heavily again in the courts, that a law was being pushed through that didn't have any provision whatsoever allowing abortion for victims of rape, and women who would likely die from complications if she were to give birth. That just boggles my mind. I can't believe that and if you are not upset about this issue one way or another, then you just aren't paying attention.
My post was much longer than this originally and much better thought out and was a better quality of writing, but alas, apparently Blogspot is pro-life and didn't want me to post. (I'm kind of kidding about this, though it does seem strange that of the three posts I have ever lost, two have been about religion and one has been about abortion). If you want a better, well-written and blunt argument, definitely go read Tobin's post about this topic, and Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Something else that spurred this post was something I stumbled across on Facebook. There is actually a group called "Your Mom is Pro-Life". I don't have words for that. Just, wow. That's still all I can say, even a few hours later. Wow.
On a completely unrelated and lighter note, here is something I was thinking about at work last night: If I was going to make counterfeit bills, I wouldn't be stupid and make 1000 dollar bills and 5000 dollar bills. That's stupid. I would make 10s and 20s, because everyone always has those and it doesn't look suspicious if you go into a bank and deposit a few 20s at a time. Also, there is this nifty little marker that we sell/use at work that we use to check all the 100 and 50 dollar bills we receive. You mark the bill and if the place you marked it turns dark brown or black, it is fake, but if it is a light brown or tan, then it is real - until counterfeiters figure out a way around that of course. But seriously, wouldn't it just be smarter to make small bills? I don't know, I guess that is why I don't make fake money.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
"Future" Talk
Okay, I know I posted a comment and said I was going to sleep, but I become 'untired', so I am posting. I decided now was as good a time as any to start looking at the requirements for getting my teaching certificate in Illinois, since that's most likely where I will be living a year from now. It's exciting, because unlike so many people I know, the future doesn't scare me - in fact, there isn't a lot that scares me. I mean real honest to goodness, scared. I am scared of spiders, but that's mostly for their gross-factor and the fact that on average, people actually swallow somewhere around 12 spiders a year in their sleep or something. And who actually does studies about how many spiders you swallow in your sleep? Anyway. I am not scared of death, something I have covered in a past post. Death to me is like one big nap that, lucky for me, I can't be woken up from. I love naps. I love sleep. I could (and actually have at one time or another) sleep for twelve hours a day if work didn't get in the way.
Anyway, I am off-topic, though there really is not ,much else to say right now. I am currently re-watching the entire series of FRIENDS - I am on season three, which I love. I love this show, I love the coffee house, I love hoe sarcastic Chandler is, how spoiled Rachel is, how suave Joey thinks he is...I could go on and on for a while.
Anyway, right now I am on the episode where Ross accidentally hit a girl with a tennis racket while on the stairs and broke her leg so now he has to sell a bunch of cookies for her so she can go to space camp. I think, since I don't have much else to do right now, I might make up a list of my top 10 FRIENDS episodes. 10 might be hard to do though, since there were ten seasons, so I might have to make it like, the top 25. We'll see. I want to do this with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" too, and I kind of did last year when I was still living in Pound. See, JohnRoss doesn't like Buffy, so I made up a list of my 10 face episodes to make him watch, but we ran out of time. There are so many great episodes of that show, I better get started. Well, now I am getting kind of sleepy, so maybe I will do that tomorrow.
Anyway, I am off-topic, though there really is not ,much else to say right now. I am currently re-watching the entire series of FRIENDS - I am on season three, which I love. I love this show, I love the coffee house, I love hoe sarcastic Chandler is, how spoiled Rachel is, how suave Joey thinks he is...I could go on and on for a while.
Anyway, right now I am on the episode where Ross accidentally hit a girl with a tennis racket while on the stairs and broke her leg so now he has to sell a bunch of cookies for her so she can go to space camp. I think, since I don't have much else to do right now, I might make up a list of my top 10 FRIENDS episodes. 10 might be hard to do though, since there were ten seasons, so I might have to make it like, the top 25. We'll see. I want to do this with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" too, and I kind of did last year when I was still living in Pound. See, JohnRoss doesn't like Buffy, so I made up a list of my 10 face episodes to make him watch, but we ran out of time. There are so many great episodes of that show, I better get started. Well, now I am getting kind of sleepy, so maybe I will do that tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Boys, Listen Up!
Bailie had this posted in her blog and I think a lot of these are good ideas. It's no secret that guys and girls view relationships differently, and often misinterpret one another's actions and words. Well guys, here are a few things you need to do in order for your girlfriend to know you love her (or at least care about her if you're not at the 'love' stage yet). And guys, even if you're single, these will still be helpful for future relationships (TEETZ! j/k, love you).
1. Tell her she is beautiful
2. Hold her hand at any moment . . . even if its just for a second.
3. Hug her from behind
4. Leave her voice messages to wake up to.
5. When she is upset, hold her tight and tell her how much she means to you.
6. Recognize the small things . . . they usually mean the most.
7. If youre talking to another girl, when your done talking, walk over and hug her and kiss her....let her know she's yours and they arent.
8. Write her notes or call her just to say "hi"
9. Introduce her to your friends . . . as your girlfriend.
10. Play with her hair.
11. Pick her up (she loves it)
12. Get upset if another guy touches her and she doesnt like it
13. Make her laugh
14. Let her fall asleep in your arms.
15. If she's mad at you, kiss her.
16. If you care about her, then (we all know this is a challenge) TELL HER
17. Every guy should give their girl 3 things: a stuffed animal(she'll hug it everytime she goes to sleep), jewelry(will treasure it forever), and one of his t-shirts (she'll most likely where it to bed) and don't forget to bring her flowers or something special once in a while.
18. Treat her the same around your friends as you do when your alone.
19. Look her in the eyes and smile.
20. Hang out with her on weekends (guys, this WILL NOT, i repeat WILL NOT kill you)
21.Kiss her in the rain (girls love this)
22.Kiss her just for the heck of it
23. If your listening to music, let her listen too.
24. Remember her birthday and get her something, even if its simple and inexpensive, it came from YOU. it means all the world to HER.
25. when she gives you a present on your birthday, Christmas, or just when ever, take it and tell her you love it, even if you don't (itll make her happy.)
26. Always call her when you say you will, it may not seem like it, but it does hurt her and makes her thinks you don't care so call even if you can only talk for a minute.
1. Tell her she is beautiful
2. Hold her hand at any moment . . . even if its just for a second.
3. Hug her from behind
4. Leave her voice messages to wake up to.
5. When she is upset, hold her tight and tell her how much she means to you.
6. Recognize the small things . . . they usually mean the most.
7. If youre talking to another girl, when your done talking, walk over and hug her and kiss her....let her know she's yours and they arent.
8. Write her notes or call her just to say "hi"
9. Introduce her to your friends . . . as your girlfriend.
10. Play with her hair.
11. Pick her up (she loves it)
12. Get upset if another guy touches her and she doesnt like it
13. Make her laugh
14. Let her fall asleep in your arms.
15. If she's mad at you, kiss her.
16. If you care about her, then (we all know this is a challenge) TELL HER
17. Every guy should give their girl 3 things: a stuffed animal(she'll hug it everytime she goes to sleep), jewelry(will treasure it forever), and one of his t-shirts (she'll most likely where it to bed) and don't forget to bring her flowers or something special once in a while.
18. Treat her the same around your friends as you do when your alone.
19. Look her in the eyes and smile.
20. Hang out with her on weekends (guys, this WILL NOT, i repeat WILL NOT kill you)
21.Kiss her in the rain (girls love this)
22.Kiss her just for the heck of it
23. If your listening to music, let her listen too.
24. Remember her birthday and get her something, even if its simple and inexpensive, it came from YOU. it means all the world to HER.
25. when she gives you a present on your birthday, Christmas, or just when ever, take it and tell her you love it, even if you don't (itll make her happy.)
26. Always call her when you say you will, it may not seem like it, but it does hurt her and makes her thinks you don't care so call even if you can only talk for a minute.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Beautiful Song
I picture you in the sun wondering what went wrong
And falling down on your knees asking for sympathy
And being caught in between all you wish for and all you seen
And trying to find anything you can feel that you can believe in
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
I know I would apologize if I could see your eyes
'Cause when you showed me myself I became someone else
But I was caught in between all you wish for and all you need
I picture you fast asleep
A nightmare comes
You can't keep awake
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
'Cause if I find
If I find my own way
How much will I find
If I find
If I find my own way
How much will I find
You I don't know anymore
What it's for
I'm not even sure
If there is anyone who is in the sun
Will you help me to understand
'Cause I been caught in between all I wish for and all I need
Maybe you're not even sure what it's for
Any more than me
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
If you've seen 'Saved!' then you will recognize the song. And I think Howie Day actually did a cover of it anyway so some of you might know it from there, but it's not likely. I have always liked this song, it's so pretty, it's called 'In The Sun' by Joseph Arthur. I am not exactly sure why, but I felt compelled to post it.
Also, JohnRoss and I were talking tonight and I have solved the issue as to how exactly Teetz can be in my wedding party without it being too weird for people, or without him having to walk down the aisle with another guy. I posted this in the comments of my last post that actually covered this, but I thought I would post it here too so people see me and JR's brilliant idea: Teetz can be the one to escort my mother down the aisle, because she will come out before the wedding party, and then Teetz will be near the alter and in place when the rest of walk down. Plus, he's the son my mother never had and she likes him anyway, so it'll all work out splendidly. Whew.
And falling down on your knees asking for sympathy
And being caught in between all you wish for and all you seen
And trying to find anything you can feel that you can believe in
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
I know I would apologize if I could see your eyes
'Cause when you showed me myself I became someone else
But I was caught in between all you wish for and all you need
I picture you fast asleep
A nightmare comes
You can't keep awake
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
'Cause if I find
If I find my own way
How much will I find
If I find
If I find my own way
How much will I find
You I don't know anymore
What it's for
I'm not even sure
If there is anyone who is in the sun
Will you help me to understand
'Cause I been caught in between all I wish for and all I need
Maybe you're not even sure what it's for
Any more than me
May God's love be with you
Always
May God's love be with you
If you've seen 'Saved!' then you will recognize the song. And I think Howie Day actually did a cover of it anyway so some of you might know it from there, but it's not likely. I have always liked this song, it's so pretty, it's called 'In The Sun' by Joseph Arthur. I am not exactly sure why, but I felt compelled to post it.
Also, JohnRoss and I were talking tonight and I have solved the issue as to how exactly Teetz can be in my wedding party without it being too weird for people, or without him having to walk down the aisle with another guy. I posted this in the comments of my last post that actually covered this, but I thought I would post it here too so people see me and JR's brilliant idea: Teetz can be the one to escort my mother down the aisle, because she will come out before the wedding party, and then Teetz will be near the alter and in place when the rest of walk down. Plus, he's the son my mother never had and she likes him anyway, so it'll all work out splendidly. Whew.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
I Don't Care If You Go To Office Max
I must really look like I truly care about the future of Office Depot. I am working there to pass the time until I am able to get a real job. When ever customers say "I can find this cheaper somewhere else" or "I'll just go to Office Max" I think they really think they are hurting my feelings. You know what, I'll even give you directions if you need them, because I don't care. I don't care if you go to Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Office Max, Staples, etc. Go. Please go. You are annoying me anyway and you're stupid, so go shop somewhere else where I will not be bothered by you.
Not much else going on, as usual. Just working a lot and sleeping too. I feel like I am really catching up on all the sleep I missed in the last four and a half years. I do, however, have to start looking into getting my teaching certificate in Illinois though, as well as what the University of Illinois requires for entrance into their SpEd program, and Ed Psych. I also have to start apartment hunting soon because the lease is up in May and none of us are going to renew, because, while everything is fine again with the three of us, we all know we should never live together again.
I am sure JohnRoss will be able to answer this question, so I am hoping he gets around to reading this. I know it's okay for girls who's best friend is a guy to have him be the "maid of honor" but is it okay for him to just be a part of the bridal party? Here's the deal: Teetz is one of my best friends. I want him to be in my wedding. I was thinking he and Silas would be ushers, but the more I think about it, I really want him in my bridal party, which I know sounds kind of weird but I can't help it, he's Teetz. Well, Courtney will be my maid of honor of course, unless something completely unforeseen happens, and in the case that it does, Britt would assume maid of honor duties. Who knows, I know this is a long ways off anyway but I am still thinking about it because I love planning, and what better to plan than a wedding that isn't even happening for another 1+ year(s). Teetz wasn't entirely sure about this whole idea though, and suggested we play "Follow The Leader" down the aisle, which I thought was hilarious, but no one but he and Britt and I would get the joke. See, last year when we all lived near each other (Teetz and I were in Pound, Britt in Husker Courtyards), we would always walk to the Devaney Center for basketball games. Well, one day I suggested we play follow the leader and I said Teetz could go first. Well, he starts doing all this silly stuff, cartwheels, a duck walk, just really silly stuff. Then, when he spins around, he realizes he has been doing it by himself the whole time and Britt and I have just been walking like normal behind him. Good times, for us at least, but it was all in good fun and he didn't mind too much. I think my dress will be a bit much to play "Follow The Leader" in though, so it will probably have to be saved for the reception.
Thinking about "Follow The Leader" actually made me kind of sad, because it reminded me of everything I wrote about in my last post, and here was yet another memory I have of my two best friends. *Sigh*. I am starting to really hate change.
Not much else going on, as usual. Just working a lot and sleeping too. I feel like I am really catching up on all the sleep I missed in the last four and a half years. I do, however, have to start looking into getting my teaching certificate in Illinois though, as well as what the University of Illinois requires for entrance into their SpEd program, and Ed Psych. I also have to start apartment hunting soon because the lease is up in May and none of us are going to renew, because, while everything is fine again with the three of us, we all know we should never live together again.
I am sure JohnRoss will be able to answer this question, so I am hoping he gets around to reading this. I know it's okay for girls who's best friend is a guy to have him be the "maid of honor" but is it okay for him to just be a part of the bridal party? Here's the deal: Teetz is one of my best friends. I want him to be in my wedding. I was thinking he and Silas would be ushers, but the more I think about it, I really want him in my bridal party, which I know sounds kind of weird but I can't help it, he's Teetz. Well, Courtney will be my maid of honor of course, unless something completely unforeseen happens, and in the case that it does, Britt would assume maid of honor duties. Who knows, I know this is a long ways off anyway but I am still thinking about it because I love planning, and what better to plan than a wedding that isn't even happening for another 1+ year(s). Teetz wasn't entirely sure about this whole idea though, and suggested we play "Follow The Leader" down the aisle, which I thought was hilarious, but no one but he and Britt and I would get the joke. See, last year when we all lived near each other (Teetz and I were in Pound, Britt in Husker Courtyards), we would always walk to the Devaney Center for basketball games. Well, one day I suggested we play follow the leader and I said Teetz could go first. Well, he starts doing all this silly stuff, cartwheels, a duck walk, just really silly stuff. Then, when he spins around, he realizes he has been doing it by himself the whole time and Britt and I have just been walking like normal behind him. Good times, for us at least, but it was all in good fun and he didn't mind too much. I think my dress will be a bit much to play "Follow The Leader" in though, so it will probably have to be saved for the reception.
Thinking about "Follow The Leader" actually made me kind of sad, because it reminded me of everything I wrote about in my last post, and here was yet another memory I have of my two best friends. *Sigh*. I am starting to really hate change.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Just A Lazy Friday Afternoon
I haven't updated in a few days, and there's not really a lot of new stuff to report, so this will be short and sweet.
I received my teaching certificate in the mail on Tuesday, so that was a nice birthday present. We ended up going out again for my birthday, a much smaller group this time (Drake, Teetz, Britt, April, and her friend Michelle). We went to Iggy's, The Spigot, and Sandy's of course. I love Sandy's. I am sure you are all aware of just how much I love that bar, considering that is about the only place we ever go anymore, though I still love Woody's and Duffy's and actually really miss going to those bars.
Today is Silas' birthday, and I think he's coming up to Lincoln for it. I am not sure on this one, but he said he wanted to. I think that also means Mike will come from Omaha, but again, not sure on the details.
Nothing much else. You know, I thought I had rid my life of the crazy people and things were finally settling down - I had been under this impression for quite a few months now. Tundra is off in her crazy world away from my friends, and Crazy Rachel was doing who knows what, but at least it was away from me so I didn't care. Then, wouldn't you know, look who suddenly appeared on Facebook a few days ago. I'd left a message on Megan's wall, and then Rachel left one on Mel's wall because I mentioned not being able to meet with Megan today because of Silas' birthday. Rachel, GROW THE FUCK UP. It was a year ago, I don't think about you, I don't talk about you, get over it, we're not friends, end of story. If it still bothers you that much that you have to snip about it on Facebook (and she also wants to create a group called, "I'm an evil back stabbing B****". Apparently she doesn't know she can swear on Facebook) then that's your deal, not mine. I am not apologizing for anything, and I am not going to waste any more time justifying what happened, because I am not the one who screwed you over. You screwed yourself over and wouldn't leave me out of it, you made the decision for me, Silas and Adam were right from the start. If anyone stabbed anyone in the back, it was you, and if you really want to talk about being a good friend, I have four words for you: New Year's Eve 2003**.
**Yes, I know I said '2004' but it was actually 2003. I don't know what I was thinking.
I received my teaching certificate in the mail on Tuesday, so that was a nice birthday present. We ended up going out again for my birthday, a much smaller group this time (Drake, Teetz, Britt, April, and her friend Michelle). We went to Iggy's, The Spigot, and Sandy's of course. I love Sandy's. I am sure you are all aware of just how much I love that bar, considering that is about the only place we ever go anymore, though I still love Woody's and Duffy's and actually really miss going to those bars.
Today is Silas' birthday, and I think he's coming up to Lincoln for it. I am not sure on this one, but he said he wanted to. I think that also means Mike will come from Omaha, but again, not sure on the details.
Nothing much else. You know, I thought I had rid my life of the crazy people and things were finally settling down - I had been under this impression for quite a few months now. Tundra is off in her crazy world away from my friends, and Crazy Rachel was doing who knows what, but at least it was away from me so I didn't care. Then, wouldn't you know, look who suddenly appeared on Facebook a few days ago. I'd left a message on Megan's wall, and then Rachel left one on Mel's wall because I mentioned not being able to meet with Megan today because of Silas' birthday. Rachel, GROW THE FUCK UP. It was a year ago, I don't think about you, I don't talk about you, get over it, we're not friends, end of story. If it still bothers you that much that you have to snip about it on Facebook (and she also wants to create a group called, "I'm an evil back stabbing B****". Apparently she doesn't know she can swear on Facebook) then that's your deal, not mine. I am not apologizing for anything, and I am not going to waste any more time justifying what happened, because I am not the one who screwed you over. You screwed yourself over and wouldn't leave me out of it, you made the decision for me, Silas and Adam were right from the start. If anyone stabbed anyone in the back, it was you, and if you really want to talk about being a good friend, I have four words for you: New Year's Eve 2003**.
**Yes, I know I said '2004' but it was actually 2003. I don't know what I was thinking.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Money Money Money
I did something dumb today - I went into work when I wasn't scheduled. I must have looked at Quanetta's schedule because she is listed right above me. Anyway, not a huge deal because one of the other cashiers called in, so they needed me anyway. Extra money is always nice.
I am so excited for Friday. I think I am more excited for that than my actual birthday. I think it's because finally, all the most important people to me are 21 and we can go out together and just have a good time (I.E. Britt, Teetz, JohnRoss, Knappster). I was the first of all of us to turn 21, and while B-Dubs was fun on my 21st (anyone remember Adam having to hold me on the stool so I didn't topple over? Yeah, I don't, I just heard about it the next morning), now we can all can partake. The only downside is Adam not being here, and he missed the last one too because he was in Mississippi training. At least Silas and Mike will be around for it, so it'll be like old times for the most part, and of course we'll send Adam the pictures, although I don't know if that makes him feel better or worse, seeing us having fun without him, know what I mean? But good times will be had once again, he is on leave in March or April, hopefully in March because it would be wicked if he could be home for his birthday.
I played "Must Be Doing Something Right" by Billy Currington for Drake to see what he thought about it. I love the chorus, but I think the verses are way too sexual for it to be our first dance, and he agreed. Plus he is not a big country fan and this definitely has some twang to it. And we've got a while to find a song, it's not like we're getting hitched tomorrow, but given the fact that our musical tastes are so different, I think finding a song will be one of the biggest battles. I still like "Bless the Broken Road" but he nixed that one too. Argh. Ah well, I will find one, there must be a first dance. And what am I supposed to do about the father/daughter dance? I can't exactly dance with mom, that would look silly, I could dance with Grandpa, I think that would be okay. Anyone know what the wedding etiquette is on that? Oh well, I never do anything else like a normal person would, there's no reason my wedding should be any different from the rest of my life.
Aside from birthday, nothing major happening. SVU is new so Teetz and I have to watch it tomorrow night, can't wait, lots of fun.
Days til my bar birthday: one!!
Days til my real birthday: five!!
I am so excited for Friday. I think I am more excited for that than my actual birthday. I think it's because finally, all the most important people to me are 21 and we can go out together and just have a good time (I.E. Britt, Teetz, JohnRoss, Knappster). I was the first of all of us to turn 21, and while B-Dubs was fun on my 21st (anyone remember Adam having to hold me on the stool so I didn't topple over? Yeah, I don't, I just heard about it the next morning), now we can all can partake. The only downside is Adam not being here, and he missed the last one too because he was in Mississippi training. At least Silas and Mike will be around for it, so it'll be like old times for the most part, and of course we'll send Adam the pictures, although I don't know if that makes him feel better or worse, seeing us having fun without him, know what I mean? But good times will be had once again, he is on leave in March or April, hopefully in March because it would be wicked if he could be home for his birthday.
I played "Must Be Doing Something Right" by Billy Currington for Drake to see what he thought about it. I love the chorus, but I think the verses are way too sexual for it to be our first dance, and he agreed. Plus he is not a big country fan and this definitely has some twang to it. And we've got a while to find a song, it's not like we're getting hitched tomorrow, but given the fact that our musical tastes are so different, I think finding a song will be one of the biggest battles. I still like "Bless the Broken Road" but he nixed that one too. Argh. Ah well, I will find one, there must be a first dance. And what am I supposed to do about the father/daughter dance? I can't exactly dance with mom, that would look silly, I could dance with Grandpa, I think that would be okay. Anyone know what the wedding etiquette is on that? Oh well, I never do anything else like a normal person would, there's no reason my wedding should be any different from the rest of my life.
Aside from birthday, nothing major happening. SVU is new so Teetz and I have to watch it tomorrow night, can't wait, lots of fun.
Days til my bar birthday: one!!
Days til my real birthday: five!!
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Adventures In (And Around) Lincoln
(No spellchecker, I am on Drake's computer)
Okay, so if someone had told me yesterday at 3 pm that at 10:30 pm Britt, Teetz, and I would be driving around aimlessly witha 6-pack of High Life (bottled only, I can not drink Miller High Life from a can - it tastes different), I would have wondered what the heck you were on. But that's exactly how the evening played out.
First things first, Teetz and I started watching FRIENDS (along with playing our drinking game). He's been sick and wasn't up for alcohol yet, which was good because we had a chance to test how well we could keep up with the rules sober by using Kool-Aid. It was tough sober and had we been using alcohol, we would have been hammered after only two episodes. It was great. Anyway, we decided watching two episodes was enough, that we would continue another time, but it was only nine and we didn't want to end the evening quite yet. I had to leave however, because his devil cat Tuffy (who's name is really Muffy but I have since rechristened upon meeting) was making my allergies go nuts. We thought about bowling on East Campus, and called Britt, but I also wanted chicken from KFC for some reason, so we're driving all around Lincoln, we get the chicken and are heading to East Campus just to see if the place is open. We doubted it, and we were right, but sometimes you can have the best time driving around with your two best friends, not really having a destination at all. Oh, but we would have one soon enough. Sort of.
Being the big city girl that I am, I have never partaken in this rite of passage known as drinking out on some back country road. While neither Teetz nor Britt are from small town, they both have enjoyed said experience, so that's what led us to the Super Saver on 56th for a sixer of High Life. We weren't looking to get drunk, just to do something different than we usually do. Boy, did we.
You miht think it is easy to find a gravel road outside Lincoln that is someone secluded enough so that the farmers will not see you invading their field to drink a few beers. Apparently, that is not the case. While passing several prime location, Teetz manages to stumble right upon a town - Roca, to be exact. (On a side note, this place has a very fun haunted hayrack ride/haunted house, etc. My junior year the sorority had a date dash, and we ended up going to the Roca Berry Farm that has all the fun Halloween stuff every year. It was good, and moreso it was scary because just a few days prior, Adam and I had gone to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre, then while on the hayrack ride, this guy comes out of the woods with a chainsaw and who's the first person he comes after? Moi, of course. It scared the crap out of me - even though Michael Myers is still the scariest psychopath of all time, but more on that arguement at a later time, Freddy and Jason got NOTHING on Michael Myers!) Anyway, yes, you would think a random field/dirt road would be easy enough to find in fucking Nebraska, but no, we find a whole damn town. Granted, it's Roca, which doesn't have that many people anyway, but still. So we keep driving and end up on hi-way 33 where we finally find this perfect spot - except right across the road is the house where the farmer lives who presumably owns this land. Plus, we were off a main road that was by no mean busy, but there were definitely more than a few cars passing by.
Don't worry, we found our spot eventually, and it really is perfect and we got out of the car and stood around just drinking and talking, though I kept freaking Teetz out with references to the movie Jeepers Creepers, which in turn freaked myself out becuase who has never had their eyes play tricks on them in the dark? It looked like two figures were standing on top of the hill looking down at us, and it freaked me out, but it was fun. But it was also getting chilly, so eventually we got back in the car and drove back to Lincoln. It was a lot of fun, and even though this little adventure might sound dumb to some of you, this is exactly the ind of stuff I was talking about a few posts back, when Britt and I used to just go and do whatever and we didn't really think about it or the future, or what other people thought. I am glad we have broadened Teetz's horizons by including him in random escapades. It's god for him. :)
Nothing much else going on worht nothing, exceopt Drake got back on Friday and we went to dinner and it was good and eveything is ten times stronger than it was when we parted for Christmas break. There was still a lo of stuff we had to talk about, and it is al out in the open now and I think we both feel a lot better. Yay. I missed him a lot. Plus, I'd rather be at Cather anyway, because we all know about that poor excuse for an aparentment that my stuff is currently being stored in.
Days til my bar night birthday: four! (boo, I have to work on Friday until 9:30, so we're going out at 10)
Days til my real birthday: eight!
Okay, so if someone had told me yesterday at 3 pm that at 10:30 pm Britt, Teetz, and I would be driving around aimlessly witha 6-pack of High Life (bottled only, I can not drink Miller High Life from a can - it tastes different), I would have wondered what the heck you were on. But that's exactly how the evening played out.
First things first, Teetz and I started watching FRIENDS (along with playing our drinking game). He's been sick and wasn't up for alcohol yet, which was good because we had a chance to test how well we could keep up with the rules sober by using Kool-Aid. It was tough sober and had we been using alcohol, we would have been hammered after only two episodes. It was great. Anyway, we decided watching two episodes was enough, that we would continue another time, but it was only nine and we didn't want to end the evening quite yet. I had to leave however, because his devil cat Tuffy (who's name is really Muffy but I have since rechristened upon meeting) was making my allergies go nuts. We thought about bowling on East Campus, and called Britt, but I also wanted chicken from KFC for some reason, so we're driving all around Lincoln, we get the chicken and are heading to East Campus just to see if the place is open. We doubted it, and we were right, but sometimes you can have the best time driving around with your two best friends, not really having a destination at all. Oh, but we would have one soon enough. Sort of.
Being the big city girl that I am, I have never partaken in this rite of passage known as drinking out on some back country road. While neither Teetz nor Britt are from small town, they both have enjoyed said experience, so that's what led us to the Super Saver on 56th for a sixer of High Life. We weren't looking to get drunk, just to do something different than we usually do. Boy, did we.
You miht think it is easy to find a gravel road outside Lincoln that is someone secluded enough so that the farmers will not see you invading their field to drink a few beers. Apparently, that is not the case. While passing several prime location, Teetz manages to stumble right upon a town - Roca, to be exact. (On a side note, this place has a very fun haunted hayrack ride/haunted house, etc. My junior year the sorority had a date dash, and we ended up going to the Roca Berry Farm that has all the fun Halloween stuff every year. It was good, and moreso it was scary because just a few days prior, Adam and I had gone to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre, then while on the hayrack ride, this guy comes out of the woods with a chainsaw and who's the first person he comes after? Moi, of course. It scared the crap out of me - even though Michael Myers is still the scariest psychopath of all time, but more on that arguement at a later time, Freddy and Jason got NOTHING on Michael Myers!) Anyway, yes, you would think a random field/dirt road would be easy enough to find in fucking Nebraska, but no, we find a whole damn town. Granted, it's Roca, which doesn't have that many people anyway, but still. So we keep driving and end up on hi-way 33 where we finally find this perfect spot - except right across the road is the house where the farmer lives who presumably owns this land. Plus, we were off a main road that was by no mean busy, but there were definitely more than a few cars passing by.
Don't worry, we found our spot eventually, and it really is perfect and we got out of the car and stood around just drinking and talking, though I kept freaking Teetz out with references to the movie Jeepers Creepers, which in turn freaked myself out becuase who has never had their eyes play tricks on them in the dark? It looked like two figures were standing on top of the hill looking down at us, and it freaked me out, but it was fun. But it was also getting chilly, so eventually we got back in the car and drove back to Lincoln. It was a lot of fun, and even though this little adventure might sound dumb to some of you, this is exactly the ind of stuff I was talking about a few posts back, when Britt and I used to just go and do whatever and we didn't really think about it or the future, or what other people thought. I am glad we have broadened Teetz's horizons by including him in random escapades. It's god for him. :)
Nothing much else going on worht nothing, exceopt Drake got back on Friday and we went to dinner and it was good and eveything is ten times stronger than it was when we parted for Christmas break. There was still a lo of stuff we had to talk about, and it is al out in the open now and I think we both feel a lot better. Yay. I missed him a lot. Plus, I'd rather be at Cather anyway, because we all know about that poor excuse for an aparentment that my stuff is currently being stored in.
Days til my bar night birthday: four! (boo, I have to work on Friday until 9:30, so we're going out at 10)
Days til my real birthday: eight!
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Rose Bowl Prediction Came True
It wasn't the blow-out I expected, but yes, #2 Texas defeated #1 USC in the Rose Bowl tonight. I had that figured from the start - USC is a great team, don't get me wrong, and I have nothing against them. However, I do feel that a lot of the hype still surrounding them has a lot to do with their success in the last two seasons. Texas is a better, stronger, faster team and as much as it pains me to admit it, I am kind of glad they won. They should have been ranked #1 longer throughout the season, but alas, at least in #1 vs. #2 we know who the better team was tonight. We have another four years of BCS madness to look forward to now, but hopefully in that time they can work the kinks out of the system or do something more like a play-off. I know it sounds impossible, but when you have coaches like Lloyd Carr saying a play-off would be better than the BCS system, you know something needs to be fixed.
I went to Belmont today to pick up some bookorders and see the kiddos. I missed them a lot and it was fun to see what they were up to.
Teetz is sick :( That makes me sad. He's still in Minneapolis and won't be back until late Friday night, his flight comes in at like, 11. Argh. But yay, he will be back soon!
Drake is coming back Friday, also very exciting. I love vacations and relaxing, but I get bored after a while and like returning to my normal routine and my normal routine includes friends and the boyfriend. It isn't happening soon enough.
February 18th is the Texas Tech game vs. Nebraska. Bobby Knight is so much fun to watch, I love when Tech comes to Devaney. It's a weekend game, and Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa are coming too. Yay. Britt's birthday is the 17th though, so I am sure we will have to be doing some celebrating that Friday. We are 23 almost, yikes.
Days til my birthday: 12!!!!
I went to Belmont today to pick up some bookorders and see the kiddos. I missed them a lot and it was fun to see what they were up to.
Teetz is sick :( That makes me sad. He's still in Minneapolis and won't be back until late Friday night, his flight comes in at like, 11. Argh. But yay, he will be back soon!
Drake is coming back Friday, also very exciting. I love vacations and relaxing, but I get bored after a while and like returning to my normal routine and my normal routine includes friends and the boyfriend. It isn't happening soon enough.
February 18th is the Texas Tech game vs. Nebraska. Bobby Knight is so much fun to watch, I love when Tech comes to Devaney. It's a weekend game, and Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa are coming too. Yay. Britt's birthday is the 17th though, so I am sure we will have to be doing some celebrating that Friday. We are 23 almost, yikes.
Days til my birthday: 12!!!!
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Happy New Year!
This is my first post of 2006 and I am actually excited for the new year to get started. There are less than six months left until I get to move out of the crappy apartment and into an apartment of my own where dishes will be washed and hair will be taken out of the drain after each shower. I am back in Lincoln now and trying to find a place to put all my new Christmas presents, all while watching FRIENDS. I thought I would make it through the whole series while I was at home, but I only made it to the third disc of season nine - there are four discs per season. I will finish the series before Drake gets back though, I swear. Then when Teetz gets back I get to start it all over him because he loves this show too. I am almost to season ten actually, just two more left of season nine. I can't help it, I love FRIENDS, and I could babble about it for a while, so I'll stop now.
Nothing much else to talk about, just taking care of some boring stuff like bills and unpacking, then possibly shopping tomorrow which will be fun, then some other stuff to take care of too with LPS and substituting in the district. Plus, My birthday is two weeks from today! I'm thinking we'll go out the weekend before, because I know I won;'t be able to wait until the weekend after, and I shouldn't have to wait, it's MY birthday, muwahaha.
Days til I get to move: 124 (this is the actual day the lease is up, I will be moved out completely before May 1st, that's for damn sure)
Days til my birthday: 13!
Nothing much else to talk about, just taking care of some boring stuff like bills and unpacking, then possibly shopping tomorrow which will be fun, then some other stuff to take care of too with LPS and substituting in the district. Plus, My birthday is two weeks from today! I'm thinking we'll go out the weekend before, because I know I won;'t be able to wait until the weekend after, and I shouldn't have to wait, it's MY birthday, muwahaha.
Days til I get to move: 124 (this is the actual day the lease is up, I will be moved out completely before May 1st, that's for damn sure)
Days til my birthday: 13!
Friday, December 30, 2005
Okay, Nevermind
So things have done a complete 180 in the last two days and everything is fine. Everything is more than fine, everything is almost perfect - as perfect as things can be when it is snowing like crazy outside. But it's okay, I love snow and I love Minnesota and I love everything. Except FUPAs. I will never love FUPAs. Gross.
Anyway, so Grandpa wanted me to get a new car when I graduated and guess what! I am! Well, we're still talking about it, but it's so cute and it is a 2005 Malibu and I love it and it is silver and it actually has under 30,000 miles on it which makes me happy. First I had the 1986 Nova, which I loved and got through high school. Then Grandpa got me the '93 Cavalier because the Nova would not survive the drives back and forth from MN to NE. I loved the Cav too, it was a great car. Then, two years ago I got the '98 Ford Contour. I know, I know, a Ford. I wasn't too keen on driving a Ford but Grandpa said he had to drive a Ford when he was younger and I would just have to suffer once and then I could go back to a Chevy. Well, Chevy makes the Malibu so I guess I am in luck. It's so cool, I love it, but it is definitely the biggest car I have ever driven, aside from Grandma and Grandpa's Buick Park Avenue. I learned to drive with their car though, and if you can drive a Park Avenue, you can drive anything. The Malibu is so cute, I just love it, so I am hoping that everything will work out and I will be able to bring it back to Lincoln after break.
Speaking of Lincoln, I will be there a little early, Taylor is on leave only for a few days so I want to see him before he heads back to Texas and Drake will be back a few days before classes start because he has to get new door decs up for the semester. That was my favorite part of living in the dorms, I liked door decs and usually they were pretty cool. Except my last RA, who took over for Shari, yeah those were not the greatest, we didn't get them until almost the end of the year, and she took over in January. It was lame.
Anyway, that's about it, we're having another graduation party for me today for those who couldn't come to Nebraska for the real thing. Then tomorrow is birthday shopping with Mom since I won't be home for my real birthday. Sunday is the Vikings/Bears game which I think I am going to, and hopefully Monday I get my new car!
All I have done over break has been watching Friends: The One With All Ten Seasons. It is glorious. I got to open it early because Mom said I could since I didn't speed for MOST of the way home except that last little stretch of insanely boring highway. I am on the last disc of season seven, and for this finale, Monica and Chandler are getting married. I love this show. Now I must go watch more, yay FRIENDS!
Anyway, so Grandpa wanted me to get a new car when I graduated and guess what! I am! Well, we're still talking about it, but it's so cute and it is a 2005 Malibu and I love it and it is silver and it actually has under 30,000 miles on it which makes me happy. First I had the 1986 Nova, which I loved and got through high school. Then Grandpa got me the '93 Cavalier because the Nova would not survive the drives back and forth from MN to NE. I loved the Cav too, it was a great car. Then, two years ago I got the '98 Ford Contour. I know, I know, a Ford. I wasn't too keen on driving a Ford but Grandpa said he had to drive a Ford when he was younger and I would just have to suffer once and then I could go back to a Chevy. Well, Chevy makes the Malibu so I guess I am in luck. It's so cool, I love it, but it is definitely the biggest car I have ever driven, aside from Grandma and Grandpa's Buick Park Avenue. I learned to drive with their car though, and if you can drive a Park Avenue, you can drive anything. The Malibu is so cute, I just love it, so I am hoping that everything will work out and I will be able to bring it back to Lincoln after break.
Speaking of Lincoln, I will be there a little early, Taylor is on leave only for a few days so I want to see him before he heads back to Texas and Drake will be back a few days before classes start because he has to get new door decs up for the semester. That was my favorite part of living in the dorms, I liked door decs and usually they were pretty cool. Except my last RA, who took over for Shari, yeah those were not the greatest, we didn't get them until almost the end of the year, and she took over in January. It was lame.
Anyway, that's about it, we're having another graduation party for me today for those who couldn't come to Nebraska for the real thing. Then tomorrow is birthday shopping with Mom since I won't be home for my real birthday. Sunday is the Vikings/Bears game which I think I am going to, and hopefully Monday I get my new car!
All I have done over break has been watching Friends: The One With All Ten Seasons. It is glorious. I got to open it early because Mom said I could since I didn't speed for MOST of the way home except that last little stretch of insanely boring highway. I am on the last disc of season seven, and for this finale, Monica and Chandler are getting married. I love this show. Now I must go watch more, yay FRIENDS!
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Thank Goodness for Yahoo Messenger
I talked to Adam for about an hour today online. It's comforting and even though I couldn't actually hear his voice for real, I could hear it in my head. All the stuff he was saying was typical joker Adam and I'm glad he hasn't changed too much since he's been gone. He's grown up a lot, I can tell just from today, but I don't think he will ever lose the mischievousness, that's trademark of him.
I have to get all my shit together for my credentials and it is such a pain. Career Services sucks, and earlier today Shona and I were about ready to do this stuff on our own, we were so frustrated. Ugh, UNL is such a pain in my ass still.
Teetz and I are going to dinner tonight and are going to hang out, which makes me happy because it is Teetz and I miss him tons, even though you'd think we see each other a lot - we don't. But that's changing now with graduation and I am sure Senioritis will hit him soon into the spring semester, if it hasn't already.
Drake left early this morning to go home, and I am bummed because I won't get to see him for three whole weeks. Ugh. Sleeping alone is not going to be fun, I am not sure I really even remember how.
Talked to Mom after she got home last night - a big box came from UPS, and guess what's inside...FRIENDS! I am so excited to go home, I can not wait.
Not much else, no real countdowns except of course my birthday, which I really haven't even thought about until just now. We're having a party at home for me, and I am sure I will have something here, but who knows. 23 really isn't a big deal or anything, but birthday drinks are nice.
Days until my birthday: 22
Days until I get the fuck out of this apartment and forget I ever lived here: too many to count
Happy Holidays :)
I have to get all my shit together for my credentials and it is such a pain. Career Services sucks, and earlier today Shona and I were about ready to do this stuff on our own, we were so frustrated. Ugh, UNL is such a pain in my ass still.
Teetz and I are going to dinner tonight and are going to hang out, which makes me happy because it is Teetz and I miss him tons, even though you'd think we see each other a lot - we don't. But that's changing now with graduation and I am sure Senioritis will hit him soon into the spring semester, if it hasn't already.
Drake left early this morning to go home, and I am bummed because I won't get to see him for three whole weeks. Ugh. Sleeping alone is not going to be fun, I am not sure I really even remember how.
Talked to Mom after she got home last night - a big box came from UPS, and guess what's inside...FRIENDS! I am so excited to go home, I can not wait.
Not much else, no real countdowns except of course my birthday, which I really haven't even thought about until just now. We're having a party at home for me, and I am sure I will have something here, but who knows. 23 really isn't a big deal or anything, but birthday drinks are nice.
Days until my birthday: 22
Days until I get the fuck out of this apartment and forget I ever lived here: too many to count
Happy Holidays :)
Monday, December 19, 2005
Well, I Didn't Trip
It's over, finally. After four and a half years, I now hold a diploma from the University of Nebraska. It is an amazing feeling. At first I didn't think I would feel any differently, but I do. It is a Monday at 11:15, and I am doing...nothing. Wow. It also really hit me yesterday afternoon when Mom and I were driving around campus. She is putting together something for me for Christmas/graduation and needed some pictures, so she asked me what the things were that I truly wanted to remember from campus. We took pictures by Memorial, Teachers College, Mueller Tower, Burnett, Pound, Sandoz, and Devaney because those are the places that were significant - I honestly should have had a picture of Kauffman too! Anyway, it got to me then - I won't enter some of the buildings again because I have no reason to. I am a college graduate. It sounds funny to say, like I almost don't believe it has actually happened, but it was great!
The ceremony itself went a lot faster than I expected. We started at 9:30 and were done at 11:15. Hey, two days ago exactly, I was a college graduate! It is still sinking in, cut me some slack. I had a great graduation party (and no, it was not at the apartment, I said it was a GREAT party and we all know it would not have been fun had it been here, ha ha) at the hotel my family stayed at. A lot of friends stopped by and there are some fun pictures posted on Facebook so I am not going to bother putting them here when they are already elsewhere on the Internet. I got a lot of great gifts too, of course, but one of the best presents I never expected was nothing material at all. Drake, the family, and I were getting ready to leave Devaney after the ceremony and my phone starts ringing. I didn't recognize the number but answered anyway and didn't hear anyone on the other end. This person called back four times and I was getting annoyed because I thought someone was pranking me and finally I stayed on the line a little longer and after a delay I hear a voice say, "Don't hang up on me Sarah!" At first I didn't believe who it was, because come on, this guy couldn't remember an important date to save his life. Yet, no doubt, there's no way I would ever forget his voice. I asked anyway who it was, just out of disbelief, and sure enough, all the way from Ramadi, Iraq, Adam had called to congratulate me. Good timing too, but wow. It was one of the most thoughtful things he's ever done - amazing how he gets to be so thoughtful AFTER we break up. But it was good just to hear his voice again since I hadn't seen him for almost a year - it will actually be a whole year as of New year's Eve. We talked for about fifteen minutes and then he had to go, but he has Internet sometimes, so we will be able to talk on messenger. It was a great gift, definitely.
All around, the gifts were pretty awesome and JohnRoss and Amanda each brought me a 40 of King Cobra! Yes! Awesome. But everyone was really thoughtful and I have a ton of thank yous to start writing because it was quite possibly one of the greatest days of my life - I know I say that a lot, so I guess I am blessed enough to have a great life.
I am leaving for home sometime this week, not sure exactly when. It'll be nice to be home for a while, because let's face it, living in this apartment sucks. But hey, not much that can be done about it, because you can only make the same request so many times before you realize, as Britt put it, "People are too dumb to comprehend simple English". She is pretty great with words.
Speaking of Britt, after the graduation party that night a bunch of us went to see Wedding Crashers. It's not my favorite film by those guys, but I did like it, and it was funny. Like my mother, I am not a big Owen Wilson fan, I like Luke better, but unfortunately he was not in it. However, Will Ferrell was in it at the end and I didn't know it beforehand, so it made the movie that much better - and his character's name was Chaz, which made me laugh even more.
Speaking of Chaz, Teetz was not at my graduation party because he went home on Friday - he missed Cracker Barrell AND IHOP. He is going to be so sorry when he hears about that, because he loves those places and every time my family has been here, he and (usually) Britt have always come with us. On Friday though, Britt was also gone because she was in Kearney for UNK's graduation. She and Kellie (her sister) both got back in time on Saturday though for my party, and they went with Bailie and I to see the movie.
That's about all for now. It's nice to not have anything to do until I want to do something - this feeling is great. I know it means loans will start soon, so I should probably talk to Bailie about consolidating...ick.
The ceremony itself went a lot faster than I expected. We started at 9:30 and were done at 11:15. Hey, two days ago exactly, I was a college graduate! It is still sinking in, cut me some slack. I had a great graduation party (and no, it was not at the apartment, I said it was a GREAT party and we all know it would not have been fun had it been here, ha ha) at the hotel my family stayed at. A lot of friends stopped by and there are some fun pictures posted on Facebook so I am not going to bother putting them here when they are already elsewhere on the Internet. I got a lot of great gifts too, of course, but one of the best presents I never expected was nothing material at all. Drake, the family, and I were getting ready to leave Devaney after the ceremony and my phone starts ringing. I didn't recognize the number but answered anyway and didn't hear anyone on the other end. This person called back four times and I was getting annoyed because I thought someone was pranking me and finally I stayed on the line a little longer and after a delay I hear a voice say, "Don't hang up on me Sarah!" At first I didn't believe who it was, because come on, this guy couldn't remember an important date to save his life. Yet, no doubt, there's no way I would ever forget his voice. I asked anyway who it was, just out of disbelief, and sure enough, all the way from Ramadi, Iraq, Adam had called to congratulate me. Good timing too, but wow. It was one of the most thoughtful things he's ever done - amazing how he gets to be so thoughtful AFTER we break up. But it was good just to hear his voice again since I hadn't seen him for almost a year - it will actually be a whole year as of New year's Eve. We talked for about fifteen minutes and then he had to go, but he has Internet sometimes, so we will be able to talk on messenger. It was a great gift, definitely.
All around, the gifts were pretty awesome and JohnRoss and Amanda each brought me a 40 of King Cobra! Yes! Awesome. But everyone was really thoughtful and I have a ton of thank yous to start writing because it was quite possibly one of the greatest days of my life - I know I say that a lot, so I guess I am blessed enough to have a great life.
I am leaving for home sometime this week, not sure exactly when. It'll be nice to be home for a while, because let's face it, living in this apartment sucks. But hey, not much that can be done about it, because you can only make the same request so many times before you realize, as Britt put it, "People are too dumb to comprehend simple English". She is pretty great with words.
Speaking of Britt, after the graduation party that night a bunch of us went to see Wedding Crashers. It's not my favorite film by those guys, but I did like it, and it was funny. Like my mother, I am not a big Owen Wilson fan, I like Luke better, but unfortunately he was not in it. However, Will Ferrell was in it at the end and I didn't know it beforehand, so it made the movie that much better - and his character's name was Chaz, which made me laugh even more.
Speaking of Chaz, Teetz was not at my graduation party because he went home on Friday - he missed Cracker Barrell AND IHOP. He is going to be so sorry when he hears about that, because he loves those places and every time my family has been here, he and (usually) Britt have always come with us. On Friday though, Britt was also gone because she was in Kearney for UNK's graduation. She and Kellie (her sister) both got back in time on Saturday though for my party, and they went with Bailie and I to see the movie.
That's about all for now. It's nice to not have anything to do until I want to do something - this feeling is great. I know it means loans will start soon, so I should probably talk to Bailie about consolidating...ick.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Quick Update
I have even more great news to add to my already wonderful day! Silas switched his weekends, so now he isn't on-call and is coming on Saturday for my graduation party!!!! He wasn't sure if he'd come to the ceremony itself, since it is early, and he wasn't sure if Crazy Rachel was graduating or not. Last we knew, she graduated in August but that could have changed. He didn't want to risk running into her and her family without talking to her prior, given the circumstances and the last time we were all in one place (you remember, it ended with Crazy Rachel yelling at me and storming out of the bar because she thought Silas and I were together) but who knows. I thought it was pretty cool of him to want to come to that, but he'd have to get up so early to come from Grand Island, I told him it wasn't necessary. He will be there for the party for sure though, so yay!
On a way more crappier note, even Silas hasn't talked to Adam in about a month and a half or so. He thinks Ashley finally got to Adam, because she's pissed at Silas because he doesn't talk to her and doesn't call her back (she's INSANE) and Adam caved. That's lame on Adam's part, Silas has been his best friend forever, since they were kids - granted, they will probably always be "kids", but you know what I mean. That probably also explains why I haven't gotten my obligatory phone calls from Adam either, because if Silas isn't getting calls, then no one but Ashley is. Even Silas said she freaked out because he was even talking to me at all, which I don't know how she even knows about because Adam sure as hell doesn't tell her shit about me. The situation is bullshit, you never dump your best friend for life for the crazy girl you have known for a little over a year. But that's Adam for you, he is the type who always has to find out stuff the hard way.
But still! Silas is going to be here on Saturday! Rusty is here already! I am so excited I think I might explode! Life really can not be more perfect than it is right now. I have the best boyfriend in the world, the best friends in the world, and as of Saturday at noon, I will finally be a graduate of the University of Nebraska.
There is no place like Nebraska
Dear old Nebraska U
Where the girls are the fairest
The boys are the squarest
Of any old place that I knew
There is no place like Nebraska
Where we're all true blue
And we'll all stick together
In all kinds of weather
For dear old Nebraska U
Yeah, I am starting to get kind of emotional now. Not the sobbing my eyes out kind of emotional, just sentimental. Like tonight for example, this is my last half hour ever of working in Burnett and I am done. I am already done at Belmont, I haven't lived in the same place as Teetz for seven months now, and haven't been to the Lounge in a while...these are all college things I have to learn to do without, ugh. At least I can still get Teetz stuck in phone booths and revolving doors. I don't think that will ever cease to be fun.
On a way more crappier note, even Silas hasn't talked to Adam in about a month and a half or so. He thinks Ashley finally got to Adam, because she's pissed at Silas because he doesn't talk to her and doesn't call her back (she's INSANE) and Adam caved. That's lame on Adam's part, Silas has been his best friend forever, since they were kids - granted, they will probably always be "kids", but you know what I mean. That probably also explains why I haven't gotten my obligatory phone calls from Adam either, because if Silas isn't getting calls, then no one but Ashley is. Even Silas said she freaked out because he was even talking to me at all, which I don't know how she even knows about because Adam sure as hell doesn't tell her shit about me. The situation is bullshit, you never dump your best friend for life for the crazy girl you have known for a little over a year. But that's Adam for you, he is the type who always has to find out stuff the hard way.
But still! Silas is going to be here on Saturday! Rusty is here already! I am so excited I think I might explode! Life really can not be more perfect than it is right now. I have the best boyfriend in the world, the best friends in the world, and as of Saturday at noon, I will finally be a graduate of the University of Nebraska.
There is no place like Nebraska
Dear old Nebraska U
Where the girls are the fairest
The boys are the squarest
Of any old place that I knew
There is no place like Nebraska
Where we're all true blue
And we'll all stick together
In all kinds of weather
For dear old Nebraska U
Yeah, I am starting to get kind of emotional now. Not the sobbing my eyes out kind of emotional, just sentimental. Like tonight for example, this is my last half hour ever of working in Burnett and I am done. I am already done at Belmont, I haven't lived in the same place as Teetz for seven months now, and haven't been to the Lounge in a while...these are all college things I have to learn to do without, ugh. At least I can still get Teetz stuck in phone booths and revolving doors. I don't think that will ever cease to be fun.
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